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Beef Herd Health short course set

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is joining Extension professionals from Louisiana State and Mississippi State Universities to host the 2006 Beef Short course focusing on herd health. Producers will attend sessions on Monday, Nov. 6 and Tuesday, Nov. 14. Both sessions will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will utilize videoconference technology in multiple locations throughout the three-state region.

Topics included in Session I are cow/calf vaccination programs, prudent drug use for internal parasites and preconditioning programs. Session II on Nov. 14 will focus on feedlot diseases, infertility of the beef herd, biosecurity practices and the 2005 National Beef Quality Audit. Topics will be addressed by some of the top veterinarians in the country.

Cost of the program will be $15 for both nights. Contact Kevan Tucker at the Clarke County Extension Office (251-275-3121) for more information about the program

or to receive a Registration Form.

Session I - November 6

6:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.

Cow-calf vaccination

Terry Engelken, Mississippi State University

6:45 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Internal parasites/ Prudent drug use

Christine Navarre, Louisiana State University

7:45 P.M. - 8:45 P.M.

Preconditioning

Paul Walz, Auburn University

Bob Carson, Auburn University

8:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Questions and wrap-up

Session II - November 14

6:00 P.M. - 6:45 P.M.

Epidemiology of feedlot diseases

Bill Hessman, Haskell County Animal Hospital

6:45 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Infertility

Soren Rodning, Auburn University

7:45 P.M. - 8:45 P.M.

Biosecurity

Soren Rodning, Auburn University

National Beef Quality Audit

Frank Owsley, Auburn University

8:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Questions and wrap-up


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